Sydney Swelters. Then Hit by Gale
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney today experienced the hottest day since December 10, 1926, the maximum temperature being 100.5. On…
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Floods & storms, 1928
645 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 33
Thrilling Flight In Teeth of Raging Storm Hostile Peasants Frenchmen's Unenviable Trip London
A Beirut message states that the aviator, Col. Antoinat, gave thrilling details of his experiences on his flight from Paris to Tonking…
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BEIRUT, Sunday.—Antoinat, who was attempting a flight from Paris to French Cochin China, but was forced to land in Turkey, gives thrilling details…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A general thaw set in throughout England on New Year's Day, after the country had been snowbound for a week. Experts are…
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A general thaw set in throughout England on New Year's Day after the country had been snow-bound for a week. Experts are unable to say when the deepest drifts…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The steamer Adrastus, which arrived in Sydney today from Melbourne, encountered a peculiar storm on Saturday. For hours…
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NEW YORK, Monday, -- Zero temperatures are prevalent throughout the eastern half of the United States, with no relief at present in sight. Relief…
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The steamer Adrastus which arrived at Sydney to-day from Melbourne encountered a peculiar storm on Saturday. For hours she ran through a storm of dark red mud…
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The whole world is suffering from a succession of bad storms. North America, all through last year, was disturbed by floods, waves of intense…
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A heavy rainstorm swept Sydney shortly after two o'clock to-day. Before the storm broke the city was plunged in semi-darkness necessitating the lighting of lamps in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.- A heavy rainstorm swept Sydney shortly after 2 o'clock to-day. Before the storm broke the city was plunged…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Duke and Duchess of York are prevented from returning to London from Welwyn, where they are staying with the…
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The sultry conditions at Tweed Heads on Saturday morning were diselled by a thunderstorm which passed over the district about 11 o'clock…
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After blizzards and floods Britishers are beginning to think that this winter, is rather an exception when the country yesterday was swept by…
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LONDON, Sunday.—There was no recurrence of the London floods to-day, but the Port of London authority has issued a warning that they may be…
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Exceptionally heavy rain fell throughout the Tweed district on Sunday night. Creeks rose rapidly, causing a fresh in the river, and quantities of…
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Hundreds of homeless, hungry and seantlly clad people, including many children, crowded the relief depot at Horseferry road, where Londoners and firms are taking…
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Heavy rain fell in Casino over the week-end. On Saturday morning showers commenced to fall, and continued intermittently. On Sunday afternoon…
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The thunderstorms which, accompanied by a strong wind and heavy hail, passed over the Clarence district on Friday afternoon, wrought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Birtles Turns Up Missing for Weeks Harrowing Experiences Brigands and Storms
CALCUTTA, Monday:—Francis Birtles, who is motoring to Australia, and who had been missing for several weeks, arrived in…
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